linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC v5] pidns: introduce syscall translate

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Date:   Fri, 1 Jun 2018 09:58:45 +0300
From:   Konstantin Khlebnikov <koct9i@...il.com>
To:     "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Cc:     Nagarathnam Muthusamy <nagarathnam.muthusamy@...cle.com>,
        Konstantin Khlebnikov <khlebnikov@...dex-team.ru>,
        Linux API <linux-api@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>,
        Serge Hallyn <serge.hallyn@...ntu.com>,
        Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
        Prakash Sangappa <prakash.sangappa@...cle.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC v5] pidns: introduce syscall translate_pid

On Thu, May 31, 2018 at 9:05 PM, Eric W. Biederman
<ebiederm@...ssion.com> wrote:
> Nagarathnam Muthusamy <nagarathnam.muthusamy@...cle.com> writes:
>
>> Ping? Any additional comments on this patch?
>
> Konstantin's v5 no.
>
>   I am uncomfortable with unnecessary flexibility.  I don't want to
>   encourage the increased usage of pids to identify namespaces.  I saw
>   no arguments in favor of pids to identify namespaces from Konstantin.
>
> Your v4 updated to reflect Andrew Morton's concerns in the changelog
> yes.

Ok, whatever. If I the only blocker then let it be v4 design.

>
> Eric
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